About Us

The founders of Esterlam, Don and Joy Hailey, innovated and created the world’s first synthetic laminate Doctor Blade in the early 1970’s. Consquently Esterlam has over 45 years experience in doctor blade innovation and design. Esterlams product range has also grown to include every aspect you need to improve printing and coating processes to help expand your potential markets and to improve operator safety.

At the embryonic stage of Esterlams arrival in the print industry, an independent product testing of steel and synthetic Doctor Blades by the FTA revealed staggering results, demonstrating significantly less dot gain using Esterlam laminate blades compared to steel, which meas that you can have confidence that Esterlam doctor blades produce the best results.

As a family run business, we have renowned reputation for understanding our client’s requirements as well as building a truly friendly working relationship as we go. Our history and expertise in the industry has led to a worldwide presence throughout an extensive network of technical agents, who can supply Esterlam doctor blade products with full and comprehensive technical support at over 100 countries worldwide. We continue to work successfully with leading machinery OEMs, corporations and clue chip companies on a global basis.

We hope you enjoy looking through our web pages and find everything that you need to deliver the very best results for your customers.